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An amateur stone collector precocious deed the jackpot portion exploring a authorities parkland successful Arkansas.
David DeCook, a Minnesota resident, unearthed a stunning 3.81-carat brownish diamond astatine the Crater of Diamonds State Park connected April 21.
The diamond is the largest that has been recovered successful the parkland successful 2025 truthful far, according to Arkansas State Parks.
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In a property release, the authorities enactment said that DeCook was connected a household travel to the parkland erstwhile helium recovered the gem.
"DeCook calmly walked implicit to wherever helium had seen the diamond, picked it up and inspected it earlier calling to his brother," the property merchandise noted. "Stirring up immoderate earthy sibling rivalry, David told Derek, ‘"Oh, you’re going to beryllium huffy erstwhile you spot what I found!’"
Amateur stone huntsman David DeCook recovered the sizeable brownish diamond successful April. (Arkansas State Parks)
The Minnesota nonmigratory returned to the parkland a fewer days aboriginal to registry the diamond.
DeCook decided to sanction his find "the Duke Diamond" aft his dog.
"You conscionable ne'er cognize what you're gonna find. It's a accidental of a lifetime."
DeCook identified himself arsenic a husbandman to FOX 9 Minneapolis and told the outlet that the diamond "kind of looks similar a candy wrapper."
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"Real shiny looking, benignant of similar a Werther's candy wrapper… As you get person to it, you tin archer it's a diamond beauteous quick," helium said.
DeCook compared the quality of the diamond to a Werther's Original candy wrapper. (Arkansas State Parks)
DeCook added, "I was precise surprised, I guess, and ne'er thought I'd find 1 that big."
"You conscionable ne'er cognize what you're gonna find. It's a accidental of a lifetime."
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Arkansas State Parks besides noted that aft DeCook recovered the gem, a dense magnitude of rainfall covered the country – a bully omen for diamond hunters.
The sizeable 3.81-carat brownish diamond is the largest gem recovered astatine the Crater of Diamonds State Park successful 2025 truthful far. (Arkansas State Parks)
"April has been a precise bedewed period astatine the park, with much than 12 inches of rain," adjunct parkland superintendent Waymon Cox said successful a statement.
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"Many of the park’s largest diamonds are recovered connected apical of the ground," helium added.
"As rainfall falls successful the hunt area, it washes distant the ungraded and uncovers dense rocks, minerals and diamonds adjacent the surface."
DeCook visited the Arkansas parkland during a travel with his family. (Arkansas State Parks)
The Duke Diamond is the largest find astatine the Crater of Diamonds State Park since a French visitant recovered a 7.46-carat diamond successful Jan. 2024.
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The tourist, Julien Navas, named the gem aft his fiancée, Carine.
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